Home / News / Winners of the National Book Prize announced tomorrow Back to News Winners of the National Book Prize announced tomorrow National Book Prize • News 28th January, 2020 The winners of the National Book Prize 2019, for books published in 2018, will be announced tomorrow, 30 January, during a private awards ceremony held at San Anton Palace, under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Malta, H.E. George Vella. The Prize will be publicly announced right after the ceremony through a press release published on the National Book Council’s website FB page. An independent board, appointed specifically and solely for the purpose of adjudicating the Prize, has evaluated the submissions according to a set of criteria. The 34 shortlisted books competing in 8 categories is being reproduced below. In addition to these categories and the Lifetime Achievement and the Best Emergent Writer Awards, starting this year the title of Poet Laureate could be bestowed upon the writer who would have previously won any other past National Book Prize edition. An award for Best Book Production will also be conferred upon the best designed book published in 2018. Novels in Maltese and English Titlu tal-ktieb // Book titleAwtur/Editur // Author/EditorPubblikatur // Publisher CastilloClare AzzopardiMerlin Publishers Ltd. The Reluctant HealerLou DrofenikHorizons Kulħadd Barra FajżaJohn P. PortelliHorizons Short stories in Maltese and English Titlu tal-ktieb // Book titleAwtur/Editur // Author/EditorPubblikatur // Publisher 365Trevor ŻahraMerlin Publishers Ltd. Fuq Widnejn Torox: U Stejjer Żbukkati OħraRita SalibaKlabb Kotba Maltin Il-Fiera tal-Fuħħar: U Stejjer OħraJoe FriggieriKite Group ĦjutRita SalibaHorizons Inkontri ta' KuljumJohn P. PortelliHorizons Minn Żmien l-GħerienLina BrockdorffHorizons Poetry in Maltese and English Titlu tal-ktieb // Book titleAwtur/Editur // Author/EditorPubblikatur // Publisher Bil-BoqxiexLouis BriffaSelf-published FramedMaria Grech GanadoMerlin Publishers Ltd. Drama in Maltese and English (no entries) Literary Non-fiction in Maltese and English Titlu tal-ktieb // Book titleAwtur/Editur // Author/EditorPubblikatur // Publisher Chambers of Memory: Roaming the Mansions of MnemosyneRichard EnglandKite Group No Man's Land: People, Place & PollutionMarie Briguglio, Steve BonelloKite Group Translation Titlu tal-ktieb // Book titleAwtur/Editur // Author/EditorPubblikatur // Publisher Passjoni SempliċiToni AquilinaFaraxa Publishing AntigonaToni AquilinaFaraxa Publishing Il-MetamorfosiEmmanuel CutajarFaraxa Publishing Mewt Ġo VenezjaAlfred PalmaHorizons General Research Titlu tal-ktieb // Book titleAwtur/Editur // Author/EditorPubblikatur // Publisher Il-Maltin: Għemilhom, Drawwiethom, Ġrajjiethom It-Tieni VolumSteve BorgKlabb Kotba Maltin The Apostolato of the Order of St John at the Cathedral of MaltaĠwann AzzopardiMdina Cathedral Chapter A History of GħarbPatrick FormosaSalesians of Don Bosco (Malta) An Encyclopaedia of Artists with a Malta ConnectionAntonio Espinoza Rodriguez, Albert GanadoFondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti Goal: The Official Encyclopaedia of the Malta Football AssociationCarmel BaldacchinoHorizons Fl-Arena ta' Moħħu: Victor Fenech – Esperimenti Stilistiċi u Protesta SoċjaliCharles BriffaHorizons Biographical and Historiographic Research Titlu tal-ktieb / Book titleAwtur/Editur // Author/EditorPubblikatur // Publisher Humillima Civitas Vallettae: From Mount Xebb-er-ras to European Capital of CultureGodwin VellaHeritage Malta Publishing, Malta Libraries Marco Largi ovvero Carlo Magri: Drammaturgo Maltese (1617-1693) – Vita e OpereMario PaceMidsea Books Ltd. Fortress Colony: The Final Act 1945-1964; Vol. 4 1961-1964Joseph M. PirottaMidsea Books Ltd. Francesco Azopardi (1748-1809): Maltese Classical Composer and TheoristDion BuhagiarFaraxa Publishing The Official Colours of Malta: Recording Malta in WWIICaroline MiggianiKite Group Giuseppe (De)Brincat: A Gozitan Wine Merchant (1890s-1930)Michael RefaloKite Group Trevelyan and Fedden: Encounters with Malta and GozoLawrence PaviaFondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti Adeodata Pisani: A Mystic Nun in MdinaPetra Caruana DingliSt Peter's Monastery Maurice Caruana Curran: Guardian of Heritage and JusticeAnn Gingell LittlejohnBDL Publishing The Wignacourt Psalter: A Medieval Carthusian Treasure in MaltaMartina Caruana, Burkard WehnerBDL Publishing Public Women: Prostitute Entrepreneurs in Valletta, 1630–1798Christine MuscatBDL Publishing [add_posts category=book-prize-en show=100] SHARE POST Related Articles Open Call for Installation Proposals: Centrepiece of the From Illustration to Book Exhibition at the Malta Book Festival 2025 News 26th May, 2025 Read More Know Your Rights! 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